You can see hydraulics at work in this digger. When the driver pulls a handle, the digger's engine pumps fluid into the narrow pipes and cables (shown in blue), forcing the hydraulic rams (shown in red) to extend. The rams look a bit like bicycle pumps working in reverse. If you ...
The cylinder in which a piston reciprocates has valves that enable the ingress and egress of fluids. As a piston moves downwards, intake valves open to admit the fluid into the cylinder. The piston can then move to an extreme position, away from the upper surface of the cylinder. This is...
Oil is the most commonly used incompressible fluid for hydraulic machines, including hydraulic cranes. In a simple hydraulic system, when a piston pushes down on the oil, the oil transmits all of the original force to another piston, which is driven up. In a simple hydraulic system, when ...
If you have read How a Block and Tackle Works or How Gears Work, then you know that trading force for distance is very common in mechanical systems. In a hydraulic system, all you do is change the size of one piston and cylinder relative to the other. Hydraulic multiplication. Lets say...
accumulator is a system which stores pressurized hydraulic fluid. That way, the pump does not have to be powerful enough to cope with a sudden surge in demand. Instead, it can keep steadily pumping hydraulic fluid and rely on the accumulator to provide extra hydraulic fluid when it is needed...
miniBOOSTER work? How doesminiBOOSTER work? High-performance intensification miniBOOSTERs are oscillating boosters. They automatically intensify system pressure giving a higher outlet pressure and will compensate for oil loss on the high-pressure side. This function of the miniBOOSTER is based on the ...
, a control unit calculates drive signals for the electric motor. The electric motor then generates a movement of the hydraulic piston via the gear unit. As a result, the brake fluid transfers the resulting hydraulic pressure to wheel brakes. This way brake brings the vehicle to a stop....
compressor which compresses air by a rotating membrane, it draws air into the compression area and pressurises it to be stored in the storage tube section. It consists of a hydraulic Piston system. This is sealed and the bearings are removed so that the ionic liquid does not mix with the...
To get to the point already, this robot does one thing only: It fills your fuel tank faster and better than you ever could, puny human. "People feel that refueling is a boring necessity," said Sten Corfitsen of Fuelmatics, one of the companies working on this robotic refueling technology...
Multi-chapter guide to Check Valves describing: what is a check valve, how does a check valve work, types of check valves, advantages.